Toy car



0. M. BRAUER.

TOY CAR.

APPLICATION FILE'D FEB. 3. 1919.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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W0 M. Elauer' O. M. BRAUER.

TOY CAR.

APPLlCATlON FILED FEB. s. 1919.

1,328,557, Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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UTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO M. BRAUER, 0F GO'il-iEI-IBURG, NEBRASKA.

TOY CAR.

Application filed February 3, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO M. BRAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gothenburg, in the county of Dawson and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of toy vehicles which are straddled propelled upon a level surface by pushing against the round with his feet. The object of the invention is to provide a car which may be manufactured at a low cost and which will be strong and durable.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a toy car embodying my improvements;

' Fig. 2 is a plan View;

Fig. 3 is a front end elevation;

Fig. 4 is a rear end elevation.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a platform 1 to the under side of which near the rear end thereof, I secure a transverse plate 2 which is nearly equal in length to the width of the platform and into the end edges of which screws 3 are inserted, said screws having smooth shanks adjacent their heads to receive and form axles for the rear ground wheels 4. The said wheels may be of any desired construction but will preferably be wooden disks in order to possess the requisite strength and cheapness. Washers 5 are mounted upon the smooth shank of the screw 3 between the head of the screw and the outer face of the wheel and between the end of the axle plate 2 and the inner face of the wheel. A substantially triangular brace 6 is secured to the under side of the platform 1 along the medial longitudinal line of the same and to the front face of the axle plate 2, as clearly shown. The platform, the brace and the axle plate are of wood and are secured together by screws, indicated at 7, so that the parts will be firmly fastened but may be readily separated in the event of breakage so that a new part may be substituted for the damaged part. As shown clearly in Fig. 2, the platform has its greatest width adjacent its rear end and its side edges converge forwardly to points in advance of lts transverse center, as shown at 8, in front of which points the said edges are expanded laterally somewhat, as indicated at 9, to pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

by a child and Patented Jan. 20, 1920. Serial No. 274,728. I

vide rests upon which the child may place his feet when coasting and the extreme front end of the platform is arcuate, shown at 10, the said arcuate edge being concentric with a king bolt or pivot 11 by which the steering wheel is nung upon the platform. The steering wheel 12 is mounted between two cheeks or side plates 13 which are spaced apart and receive the steering wheel between them and are maintained in a fixed spaced relation by a longitudinal beam or bar 14 secured to the inner faces of the cheeks and receiving the lower end of the king bolt or pivot 11. A washer 15 is interposed between the under side of the platform 1 and the upper surface of the beam or bar 1: so as to reduce the wear and pro vide a proper support for the front end of the platform and the upper edges of the cheeks at their rear portions are in the horizontal plane of the said bar or beam as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1. At their front portions the checks are extended upwardly to provide standards 16 projecting above the platform and furnishing a support for the handle or steering bar 17. The lower end of the handle is pivotally mounted between the standards 16 upon a pin or rivet 18 which is inserted transversely through the standards and the end of the handle, as shown and as will be readily understood. The axle 19 for the steering wheel is also a pin or rivet having its ends upset against the outer faces of the cheeks 13.

It will be readily noted from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I have provided an exceedingly'simple and strong toy car which may be readily propelled and which may be used as a coaster. The car is steered by swinging the handle to one side or the other side and thereby causing the steering head consisting of the cheeks 13 and the bar 14 to swing about the king bolt or pivot 11 and cause the steering wheel to assume an angular position relative to the platform. It will be readily noted that the axle of the steering wheel is in the same vertical plane as the pivot or king bolt 11 and, consequently, the steering wheel will support the front end of the platform in all its different angular positions and the pivot point for the handle is in advance of the platform so that the child using the car will have ample space for his feet. It will also be noted particularly upon reference to the dotted lines in Fig. 1 that the handle may be swung in a vertical plane about its ivot 18 so that it may be used as a drawbar to pull the car when so desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a toy car, the combination of a pla form, a wheeled support for the rear end of the platform, a steering head pivotally attached to the under side of the platform adjacent the front end thereot and comprising cheeks and a longitudinal beam secured between said cheeks and receiving the pivot for the steering head, standards at the front ends of said cheeks in advance of the frontend of the platform, a steering wheel mounted between the lower portions of said cheeks in the vertical plane of the pivot, and a handle pivoted between the said standards for movement in a vertical plane.

2. In a toy car, the combination of a platform, a king; bolt inserted through the platform near the front end thereof, a longitudinal bar pivotally mounted upon the lower end. or" the said king bolt, cheeks secured to the side edges oi said bar, a steering handle mounted between and attached to said cheeks in advance of the platform, and a steering wheel mounted between and carried by the lower portions of said cheeks, said lower portions of the cheeks extending rearwardly and downwardly whereby the steering wheel is located directly below the king bolt.

3. in a toy car, the combination of a platform, a king bolt inserted through the plat rornr near the front end thereof, a horizontal be 1 pivotally mounted at its rear end upon the lower end of the king belt, a washer interposed between the said bar and the platform around the king bolt, cheeks secured to the sides of the said bar, and having; their lower port-ions extending downwardly and rearwaroly, a handle connested with said cheeks, and a steering wheel carried by and between lower portions 01 the cheeks directly below the king bolt.

In testimony whereof I arlix my signature.

OTTO M. BRAUER. [1 s] 

